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Bangladesh government concerned about ‘Akhand Bharat’ map in new Indian Parliament building

June 7, 2023 Editor

The Government of Bangladesh has instructed its mission here to contact the Ministry of External Affairs about the “Akhand Bharat” map placed in the new Parliament building. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam told journalists in Dhaka that the Awami League government is in the process of seeking clarification from India regarding the map that has drawn protests from Nepal and Pakistan as it shows the spread of ancient Indian kingdoms from the west to the east of the subcontinent that covers present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Mr.…

Noam Chomsky criticizes holding G20 Meet in Kashmir, Calls it an ‘Occupied and Brutalized’ Region

May 25, 2023 Editor

The G20 delegates wrapped up their three-day tour of Srinagar with a visit to some scenic spots in the city on Wednesday, hours after American academic Noam Chomsky questioned the conscience of the grouping for holding such a meeting in “brutalised” Kashmir. The G20 meeting had started on a controversial note on Monday after three member countries — China, Saudi Arabia and Turkey — and guest country Egypt boycotted the event. It was the first major international event in Kashmir after the 2019 scrapping of its special status.In a video…

China and Turkey expected to skip G20 meeting in Kashmir

May 18, 2023 Editor

China and Turkey are among G20 member states that won’t attend a tourism working group meeting to be held in Srinagar next week while several other countries will have low-level participation in the event, people familiar with the matter said. The meeting, to be held during May 22-24, is being billed as one of the largest international events to be organised in Kashmir in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Tight security arrangements have been put in place around the venue, Sher-e-Kashmir International Conventional Centre…

Pakistan Supreme Court orders immediate release of Imran Khan, declares arrest Illegal

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Editor

Supreme Court declares arrest of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Illegal

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest has been declared “illegal” by the country’s top court, paving the way for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s immediate release. The court order came shortly after Khan was presented in court. He was brought in a convoy of 15 vehicles amid strict security, according to Pakistan’s Geo TV. Khan told the court that he was “abducted” from the Islamabad high court premises and was beaten by sticks. The three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and…

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested outside Islamabad High Court

May 9, 2023 Editor

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested from outside the Islamabad High Court by Rangers on Tuesday. Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was taken into custody from a court premises in Islamabad in a corruption case. “Imran did not appear despite the notices, NAB (National Accountability Bureau) has arrested him for damaging the national treasury. No violence was done to them,” interior of Pakistan Rana Sanaullah said on Twitter. “Imran Khan’s car has been surrounded,” Khan’s aide Fawad Chaudhry had earlier said without confirming his arrest.…

China and Pakistan support UN Resolution, Reject unilateral actions in Kashmir

May 8, 2023 Editor

China and Pakistan reiterated their opposition to “unilateral actions” in Jammu and Kashmir, with the Chinese foreign minister repeating that the dispute was a vestige of the past and should be resolved as per UN resolutions. This was mentioned in the joint press release issued after the Chinese and Pakistani foreign ministers co-chaired the fourth round of Strategic Dialogue on Saturday. Both foreign ministers met in Islamabad a day after they attended the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Goa, India. The joint statement said that the Pakistani side…

Pakistan Condemns India’s Decision to Hold G20 Meetings in Kashmir, Calls it a Provocative Move

April 12, 2023 Editor

Pakistan on Tuesday condemned India’s decision to hold Group of 20 meetings in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir next month, calling the move “irresponsible”. Kashmir is claimed in full but ruled in part by the two nuclear-armed neighbours who have fought two of their three wars over control of the region. India currently holds the rotating year-long presidency of the G20 and is set to host a leaders’ summit in New Delhi in early September. On Friday, India released a full calendar of events leading up to the summit,…

Taliban Mocks Pakistan Army: ‘Failed to Liberate Even an Inch of Kashmir from India’

April 5, 2023 Editor

Mocking the Pakistan Army’s inability to ‘liberate’ Kashmir, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has dismissed allegations by the Pakistani military that it is being backed by India. In a statement by its propaganda wing TTP Umar Media, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – also known as the Pakistan Taliban – has rejected the Pakistan Army’s claim that it is a proxy of India’s intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). Countering the Pakistan Army’s claim, the TTP said that if it is being backed by India, then why is the Pakistani establishment…

As the holy month of Ramadan begins, Muslims in China are facing a ban on fasting and increased monitoring

March 27, 2023 Editor

As Muslims around the world prepare to begin the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims in China are facing a fasting ban while their cultural and religious traditions are increasingly coming under attack, according to a media report. Uyghurs in the northwestern region of Xinjiang are being ordered not to allow their children to fast, with the latter being quizzed by the authorities as to whether their parents are fasting, local officials and rights groups said, RFA reported. “During Ramadan, the authorities are requiring 1,811 villages [in Xinjiang] to implement a…